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Jim Risch: “What we are concerned about, obviously, is with this focus on the political malaise, with this focus on the political…”

On the recordJuly 18, 2011
What we are concerned about, obviously, is with this focus on the political malaise, with this focus on the political unrest, that the very real threat to Yemen, to us, to the people of the region, from al-Qaeda and from extremists, is going unaddressed.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Senator Risch expresses concern about political unrest overshadowing threats from extremists in Yemen.

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